GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |